Actor Lee Min Ho (23) is receiving special private training to transform into a well-skilled killer.

Lee Min Ho was chosen to cast as the male lead in the upcoming SBS drama “City Hunter” which is planning to release in March of next year. Lee Min Ho is preparing himself and his body for the upcoming drama. “City Hunter” was a manga released in 1990 written by Hojo Tsukasa. Over 50 million copies were sold in Japan and Korea. The drama’s setting will be in the year of 2011 in the city of Seoul, and Lee Min Ho will be playing the role of a playboy named Kang Jin. Min Ho is sweating hard to create a healthy body for his character, Kang Jin.

A representative of Lee Min Ho stated, “After Min Ho was chosen for the drama, he started taking private lessons with a martial arts director. He will be strengthening his martial arts skills and drilling the steps.” He will also build into a “best body” as well. The representative also stated, “It will be irritating to start training when the shooting begins for the drama, so we thought it would best for him to start training now prior to the shooting while the production team chooses their female lead.”